Astro Tripper Review

Date: 5/26/2009

Astro Tripper is a side-scrolling shooter that's a bit of a throwback to the
kind of shooter that puts you in a spaceship and throws a large number of
enemies at you that litter the screen with deadly weapons fire. However, Astro
Tripper throws in a couple of changes that add to the challenge. The first is
that the levels take place on a platform, and falling off the edge results in
instant death. The second is that you're limited to two weapons and only one of
them can be selected at a time. The first weapon fires a single beam in a
forward direction, and to hit enemies behind you you'll need to hit a button to
flip your ship 180 degrees. The second fires a spread of energized shots, but
they are fired at an angle and won't hit enemies directly in front of you.
Again, this weapon is only forward-firing and you'll need to flip your facing to
hit enemies behind you. If you've ever played the game Defender, it has the same
sort of feel to it in that you're confined to a horizontal playing area and need
to flip directions to hit enemies on either side of you.

Astro Tripper is a bit on the difficult side, so I can't recommend it to the
more casual gamer or someone entirely new to the genre. This difficulty includes
an element of frustration due to the fact that if you die you must restart the
current level from the beginning all over again. If you do enjoy this kind of
game, then Astro Tripper is a decent enough diversion, but I can't really say it
ever really got me all that excited. It's not a particularly long game either,
so expect to get a few hours out of it and after that it's doubtful you'll feel
compelled to return to it again.

In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated:
70%. It's a downloadable shooter ... and there you
have it.